MV Seabourn Sojourn

Seabourn Sojourn in Fremantle, Australia
History
NameSeabourn Sojourn
OperatorSeabourn Cruise Line
Port of registryNassau,  Bahamas
OrderedNovember 2008
Completed2010
In service2010-present
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Class and typeSeabourn Odyssey class
TypeCruise ship
Tonnage32,346 GT[1]
Length198.00 meters
Beam25.60 meters
Draft6.40 meters
Speed
  • 22.3 knots (41.3 km/h; 25.7 mph) (maximum)
  • 21.6 knots (40.0 km/h; 24.9 mph) (cruising)
Capacity450 passengers

Seabourn Sojourn is a luxury cruise ship chartered and operated by Seabourn Cruise Line. It is very similar to Seabourn Odyssey. The ship was ordered for building in the shipyard of T. Mariotti S.p.A. in Genoa Italy. She is the flagship of Seabourn.

Design

The Seabourn Sojourn was ordered in November 2008. The ship has a length of 198 meters and a beam of 25.60 meters. The draft is 6.40 meters; the ship is divided into 11 passenger decks and has a capacity of 450. There are 225 staterooms. The gross tonnage of the ship is 32,346. The Sojourn as well as its two other sister ships the Seabourn Odyssey and the Seabourn Quest were designed by YSA DESIGN AS, of Oslo, Norway.

In December 2017, the ship underwent a six-day refit in Freeport, Bahamas.[2]

Service

Seabourn Sojourn was scheduled to be named on 4 June at London, then began her maiden voyage at Greenwich on 6 June 2010. The maiden season sailed in Northern Europe (Scandinavia/Baltic and Norway), before crossing the Atlantic and cruising the Caribbean and Panama Canal in the late autumn and winter.[3] In January 2011, Seabourn Sojourn was to begin a 111-day round-the-world cruise from Los Angeles, to Southampton, England.[4]

On 4 November 2019, the ship departed on the company's first ever sailing to Cuba. In total, she took five cruises to this island country.

The ship departed Miami on a World Cruise on 4 January 2020. During a 146-day sailing, Seabourn Sojourn was due to visit 62 ports in 36 countries.[5] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic this was cut short and the ship was due in Hawaii on 18 April to refuel but no passengers or crew were allowed to disembark.[6]

References

  1. ^ Results for Vessel: Seabourn Sojourn, United States Coast Guard Maritime Information Exchange
  2. ^ Staff, CIN (23 January 2018). "Trimline Completes Seabourn Sojourn Refit". Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Cruises to Europe, the Caribbean, Mexico and the world on Seabourn, one of the best cruise lines". www.seabourn.com. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  4. ^ Staff, CIN (2 September 2010). "New Seabourn Journeys for 2011 Sojourn World Cruise". Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Seabourn Reveals Itinerary for 2020 World Cruise - Cruise Critic". www.cruisecritic.com. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  6. ^ 4 residents allowed to disembark from cruise ship docked at Honolulu Harbor Hawaii News Now 13 April 2020